Monthly Archives: March 2021

Neighborhood Briefs: March 26-April 1

March 25, 2021 | by Weekly View

Part of N. Sheridan to Close for Rehab Project INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Department of Public Works (Indy DPW) closed a portion of North Sheridan Ave. between 39th and 40th  Streets on Monday, March 22, for bridge rehabilitation work over Pogue’s Run. Work should be complete in mid-July. Northbound traffic … Read More

FEMA Begins Applications for COVID-19 Funeral Assistance

March 25, 2021 | by Weekly View

U.S. — Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue plan Act of 2021, FEMA will provide financial assistance for COVID-19-related funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020. FEMA will being to implement this assistance in April 2021. A toll-free number will be … Read More

Last Call for Blaine Jarrett Scholarship Applications

March 25, 2021 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS —The Blaine Jarrett Memorial Scholarship Fund, a fund managed by Buck Creek Players, is awarded to a graduating high school senior or college freshman who is currently enrolled or accepted into a performing arts related major/minor at a college or university is eligible to apply. Majors/minors which will be … Read More

It’s Not All Talk and Tea

March 25, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

One of the earliest coalition of women’s groups in Indiana was the women’s club movement which can trace its origins to the Female Social Society of New Harmony. Founded in 1825 by the state’s first recorded feminist, 30-year old Scottish born Frances “Fanny” Wright, the Female Social Society was the … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 26-April 1

March 25, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, March 31, 1921: Organizers for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have been working several weeks in Indianapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Seattle and other cities and towns of the West and Middle Western States, Col. William Simmons, imperial wizard of the Knights, has confirmed. “Ku … Read More